Briefs

Trustees meet: The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City today, Sept. 11. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., at 11:45 a.m. Items the committee will consider in open session at the beginning of the meeting include a report from President Jeffrey Lehman and a report on gift results for 2002-03. The Buildings and Properties Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Fall Creek Room. During a brief open session at the beginning of the meeting, the committee will review the status of numerous renovation and utilities projects under way on campus.

Volunteers needed: Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service invites caring, committed Cornell faculty and staff to join the next crisis counselor training group, beginning Sept. 5. No experience is necessary. Call Paul or Judy at 272-1505, or send e-mail to SPCS2@juno.com for more information.

Scholarship applications: The following scholarship awards are open to seniors, graduate students and staff, as specified below. Those wishing to apply must contact Beth Fiori, fellowship coordinator in the office of Cornell Career Services, at btfl@cornell.edu for application this fall. More information is available at http://www.career.cornell.edu/students/grad/fellowships/prestigious.html.

Luce Scholarship: A one-year internship in Asia is open to all career fields. Applications are sought from those under 30 years old who have made a significant contribution to their career field. Those familiar with Asian culture and language are not eligible. The application deadline is Nov. 3.

Churchill Scholarship: One year of graduate support at Cambridge University in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. Applications are sought from those under 26 years of age with a bachelor's or master's degree but not a doctoral degree. The application deadline is Oct. 24.

Commuter carpool connections: Ever since Commuter and Parking Services (C&PS) introduced its money-saving carpool and transit incentives to faculty and staff in 1990-91, the RideShare carpool program has had a rideboard. This rideboard has offered a place for people to list themselves in an effort to join, start or increase their RideShare group. This passive list (online since 1993) could then be checked periodically to see if anyone with matching commuting needs was on the list.

Since early this year, C&PS has been working with carpoolconnect.com to create a custom interface for the Cornell community to provide a database-driven, active ride-matching program. Those who are looking to join, create or increase a rideshare group can go to a Web page and register to be listed and search for others on the list. A bonus of working with carpoolconnect.com is that C&PS has been able to create a parallel database, offering, for the first time, a commuter connection for carpools.

Any member of the Cornell community can join together to form a carpool and share the commuting and parking expenses. C&PS will work with individuals creating a parking permit that can be shared among several vehicles. Carpooling is not funded through the employee benefits pool like RideShare and, therefore, is not subsidized by the university. But, this option is available so that faculty, staff and students can find creative ways to share their commuting burden.

The Carpool Commuter Connection allows people to register for the listing themselves and browse for others who share their commuting patterns.